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| Backup Generator transfer switch @jea48 -thanks Jim.The other thing I’m looking at is silencing the thing as much as possible. I’m aware of the Zombie Box, a third party silencer box with appropriate venting, but their soundproofing treatment info is a little sketchy. I’ve used m... | |
| Backup Generator transfer switch I plan to install a Generac whole house after the disaster here in Texas and will be digging down with the same electrician that installed the subsystem I use to power the hi-fi, which is essentially a 60 amp feed from the main service entrance to... | |
| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” My experience, using the older Avantgarde Duo, which could sound great or terrible depending on set up, was that the associated equipment upstream could make or break the results. The synergy with the Lamm ML2 is a known relationship-- I'm not adv... | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search It’s a challenge and even though I’ve been using tube gear almost exclusively since the early ’70s, I don’t pretend knowledge about tubes in the kind of depth that would allow me to avoid fakes or bad examples. In fact, some are not fake but are n... | |
| How Do You Store Your Record Collection? Recommendations Please! You can have custom cabinets built- cost of lumber is high now, don't know what availability is of cabinet making level carpenters where you are, but I ran out of room with an entire floor for storage in a large (5400 sq ft or so) house in NY. Bui... | |
| Stereo system vs Steinway @hleeid- on the question of which humidification systems, I cannot tell you- it has been too long and several lifetimes ago. I'd just talk to a specialist in vintage pianos and ask them. How old is yours? | |
| Stereo system vs Steinway There are humidification systems that attach directly beneath the piano to help- not a complete solution but doesn't require that you turn your room into a jungle climate. I had a couple of old concert grands- a Bosendorfer and an Erard. They soun... | |
| I have a serious phobia problem with cleaning records You don’t need a large feature set on a vacuum RCM. You need something to rotate the record and some means to deploy the vacuum function to remove the fluid/contaminants. The Nitty Gritty is a bit odd in that it does not have a full sized platter ... | |
| The Lifespan of an LP? @wolfie- The "Shure" study that you are referring to is likely Harold Weiler’s "The Wear and Care of Records and Styli" published as a book(let) by Climax in 1954. Mike Bodell used it as a starting point for a more recent article on Stylus Wear-- ... | |
| The Lifespan of an LP? There is a huge factor over which we have no control -- the vinyl compound itself. Most of the plastic today used in records for the US comes from Thailand, I believe, and like a custom butcher that sells to restaurants, can make a proprietary com... | |
| to buy or not to buy (ultrasonic record cleaner) That would do certain things other brushes wouldn't. I could add one to the repertoire to try it. | |
| to buy or not to buy (ultrasonic record cleaner) Try the Monks brushes- they aren't goats hair but I have those and prefer the Monks for some things, unidirectional applicator for other things. Some of it comes down to how it applies and what you are trying to accomplish with the applicator. I'v... | |
| to buy or not to buy (ultrasonic record cleaner) I didn’t like the sonic signature of the Monks fluid. I use a Hannl fluid which is no longer made and will eventually have to find another fluid. I also use AIVS #15 for a deeper clean, agitating with a unidirectional pad applicator that came with... | |
| to buy or not to buy (ultrasonic record cleaner) ’Twas the original "automatic" record cleaning machine borne out of Percy Wilson’s papers on vinyl record contamination. There was a test mule, photograph of same floating around on the web somewhere, and Monks was the one to commercialize it. I s... | |
| to buy or not to buy (ultrasonic record cleaner) I preclean any used album and some new ones. Ultrasonic is good at the fine cleaning but the basic stuff I do manually via a Monks Omni. At the same time, I inspect the record-- Neil got me onto using a UV light which is instructive, but not all t... |